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PACITA’s 2nd European TA Conference, The Next Horizon of Technology Assessment, will include 35 sessions on topics covering: Human Cognitive Enhancement, Responsible Research and Innovation for Energy Transitions, Ageing Society, Energy from the Earth, Chances and Challenges of Deep Geothermal Energy, Big Data as a TA issue, TA in e-infrastructures,...

On 6th June, 2015, starting in the Pacific region and ending on the west coast of America, thousands of citizens will participate in the global citizen consultation, World Wide Views on Climate and Energy. After receiving unbiased information and material, citizens will debate the issues and express their views on 30 questions, the results of which...

This two-day seminar organized by the Fellowship for Evidence Based Policymaking together with the Rathenau Instituut, the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) and the Graduate School of Public Policy of the University of Tokyo provides an opportunity for senior level researchers who are involved in research, policy and politics to engage with...

The Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S.NET) holds its sixth annual meeting at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany in September. It will address nanoscale science and engineering, biotechnology, synthetic biology, neurotechnologies, cognitive science and geo-engineering from responsible research to governance...

The 2014 World Science Festival comes to Amsterdam in September in partnership with the city of Amsterdam and other prestigious local partner organizations. WSF presents compelling educational and entertaining science events that capture the excitement and wonder of science, as well as the great potential that science offers for addressing the critical...

‘Science building bridges’ is the theme of EuroScience Open Forum 2014 (ESOF2014) in June when Copenhagen will welcome 2,300 visitors from 40 countries including superstars from the world of science. The exhibition, conference, ambitious Science in the City outreach festival, and the special area for students – ESOF Academy – make it a truly...

The second European Summer School on Technology Assessment (TA) is going to be held from the 18th until the 20th of June 2014 in the city of Cork (Ireland).
The event is organised in the framework of the PACITA project around three days of cutting edge training, practical exercises, mutual reflection, and networking – all focused on TA in relation...

Science in/and/for Society
The Alexander von Humboldt lectures, an initiative of Prof. Huib Ernste, take place from September 2013-January 2014 and are run by the Department of Human Geography, Spatial Planning and Environmental Politics at Radboud University, Nijmegen. In addition to the lectures, the program includes preparatory reading groups,...

‘Science at the heart of things’ is the theme for one of Europe’s largest science festivals. In 2013 there were 220 events attracting over 90,000 visitors and speakers included Professor Peter Higgs (predictor of the Higgs bosun particle) and Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer (of CERN). The full program of events will be announced in February 2014.
Edinburgh...

Where do policies come from?
The research agenda and its ‘Dynamics, Challenges, Responsibility and Practice’ is the focus of this conference including
the creative review of approaches and assumptions reaching the limits of their utility. Session proposals in science, technology and innovation policy studies should be submitted by November 5 to siobhan.drugan@mbs.ac.uk.
EU-SPRI...

volTA magazine

volTA was a magazine on Science, Technology and Society in Europe, initiative of fifteen technology assessment organisations that worked together in the European PACITA project aimed at increasing the capacity and enhancing the institutional foundation for knowledge-based policy-making on issues involving science, technology and innovation. It was published between 2011 and 2015 in 8 numbers.